GT O. Paul Wick
1907 – 1966
USAAC
WWII
Otto Paul Wick was born November 11, 1907 in Chicago, to Otto and Elizabeth Petrich Wick.
Wick was a mail carrier when he enlisted for service in World War II on February 27, 1942. He served as a Sergeant in the 90th Airdrome Squadron of the Army Air Force. During World War II, the 90th, a Bombardment Squadron, operated in the South Pacific, flying A-20 Havoc and B-25 Mitchell aircraft. Their main mission involved highly-dangerous skip bombings.
Wick’s wife, the former Grace Gallegher, passed away while he was serving.
He was a career postal carrier in Chicago who lived the last decade with his niece and nephew in Barrington.
SGT Paul Wick died on July 4, 1966 in Hines VA Hospital, and is buried in Barrington’s Evergreen Cemetery.
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Courtesy of Signal Hill Chapter, National Society Daughters of the american Revolution